Spencer High School - Spencerian Yearbook (Columbus, GA)

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THE PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE Members of the Class of 1952: You are now about to join that innumerable caravan of illustrious boys and girls, which moves slowly towards the Land of Success. Each year as I watch boys and girls join this grand procession, I feel a tinge of sadness. As I look at you, full of life, energy and ambition, I tremble with fear which is intensified when I think of the type of world into which you must ultimately go. The one vital question which comes to all seniors at this moment is, graduation, now what? The most memorable words ever spoken were, It is finished. These words were spoken during the most tense moment in the history of the world—crucifixion. You might use the same words in so far as your scholastic career at Spencer High School is concerned, but, in reality you are just beginning. You will now begin to live, you will begin to grow, you will begin to make your way in the complex world in which you find yourselves. For a number of years many of your pathways will run parallel, but soon time and fate will separate them and you will find that each one will chase his own fantasy. Some will go to higher institutions of learning, while some wiH make their places as good citizens in this and many other communities. Wherever you go or whatever you do, re- member that, Knowledge is power and you must continue to study in order that you might not become stagnant. My final word to you is in the language of Lord Chesterfield: Knowledge is a comfortable and necessary retreat and shelter for us in an ad- vanced age; and if we do not plant it while we are young, it will give us no shade when we grow old. CHAS. W. DuVAUL

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Graduation! Now what? The answer to this o.uestion, dear seniors, lies not in the astrological bodies of the heavens, but within you and your sense of values—your moral, spiritual, social and intellectual values. These values, impracticable though they may seem, will determine largely your own growth beyond the walls of Spencer, your suc- cess or failure, your happiness or sadness. They will affect the role you play in helping to make a better and more secure world in which to live. The emphasis that you place then, on the balance between right and wrong, good and evil will be very important as you leave Spencer to go and share your lives with men and women in a more mature but precarious world. For five years, you have labored tirelessly to reach this important landmark in your lives. You have had to with stand many perils, eradicate and suppress many fears and remove many obstacles. Because of your perseverance and ingenuity, your prayers and the prayers of your parents and teachers have been answered. You must not, how- ever, as Ulysses cautioned his men, Rust unburnished, not shine in use. But you must let your reach exceed your grasp, sail beyond the golden sunset, and surely you will encounter that prize of success for which many men strive but so few attain. We shall miss you at Spencer, for certainly the ring of your voices, the sound of your laughter and the treads of your footsteps have become familiar charms not easily to be forgotten. As your advisors, and teachers we have nurtured and watched your intellectual, and in many instances, moral, physical, social and spiritual growth. We are cognizant of your frailties and imperfections. These are common to all mankind. Like- wise, we are proud of your virtues and achievements. We, therefore, in our last message to you, petition the Almighty God to bestow His divine blessings upon you and to guide you in whatever tasks you undertake. MRS. R. L. CHILDS MR. G. E. POPE MISS C. M. WEBB

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leaders IN CLASS CAMPUS ACTIVITIES SENIOR CLASS President ......................... CARLIE HARPER Vice-President..................... HAROLD ALLEN Secretary ......................MARLENE LINDSEY Treasurer .......................... JOE JACKSON Business Manager ...................JAMES WALKER 11 - 1 President ....................... JOHN BROWN Vice-President ................ROBERT CHEESEBORO Secretary ................................GENEVIEVE PRICE Treasurer...................GWENDOLYN THOMASON Business Manager ............................JOSEPH DAVIS 11 - 2 President .................. CURTIS JONES Secretary..........................DOROTHY RICHARDSON Treasurer ...............CARVER FORTSON Business Manager .....................AMOS CHEESEBORO 11 -3 President .....................JAMES C. JOHNSON Vice-President ........................... LILLIE PERRY Secretary ........................ VIVIAN BYRD Treasurer ........................LOUISE GATES 11 - 4 President .....................GEORGE CHAMBERS Vice-President .............. MARGUERITE REESE Secretary ..........................MARY HUDSON Treasurer ......................... PEGGY WALKER Business Manager..................EDDIE JOHNSON 10 - 1 President ...............................CLARENCE WILLIAMSON Vice-President ..............................ELMA FEARSON Secretary ..................... MARIAN WILLIAMS 10 - 2 President ......................CHARLES LINDSEY Vice-President ................MELVAREE ABRAMS Secretary ..................................HELEN WILLIAMS Treasurer ......................HAROLD LOWE 10 - 3 President.......................WALLACE CARTER Vice-President .................WM. BROADNAX Secretary ...............ELLA BERTHA JACKSON 10 - 4 President ...............................LOUCIOUS BROWN Vice-President .................WALTER WEST Secretary ......................MILDRED BYRD Treasurer ......................ANNIE LEE JOHNSON 10 - 5 President ..................LOUGENIA HUNLEY Vice-President .........................CATHERINE HILL Secretary ........................JOANN WILLIAMS Treasurer ........................ MARY STINSON 10 - 6 President .................................. FRED HODO Vice-President .............................JAMES JONES Secretary ............................... THEODIS BASS Treasurer ..................ERTHA CRAWFORD 11 - 5 President ......... Vice-President . . . Secretary ........ Treasurer ........ Business Manager . . LEWIS MARSHALL ROCHAL HULING DOROTHY HOWARD BEATRICE GRANT EARNESTINE DAVIS 10 - 7 President ......... Vice-President . . Secretary ........ Treasurer ........ Business Manager EVELYN HUNTER WILLIE MIMS ADDIE PETERS ADELL STREET . JOSEPH DAVIS 11 - ,6 President ...................................GEORGE THOMPSON Vice-President ...............................JACOB WILLIAMS Secretary .........................MARY F. CHANDLER Treasurer .................................EUROPEAN PARKER Business Manager..................MABEL GARFIELD 9 - 1 President ......................THELMA CALDWELL Vice-President ....................ALFRED BUTLER Secretary ....................BARBARA WALKER Treasurer ....................JIMMIE WILLIAMS